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free from tahjll and one hmd-\eg so distinguished ; oi', according 

 to another Arab authority, having the whiteness of the tahjll 

 in one hind-leg ani one foi-e-leg, on opposite sides, whether the 

 whiteness be little or much ; in India, it has the latter sense only : 

 mashkid, Ar., a horse so distinguished ; (shakil. vide Reach, is not 

 used in Arabic) : muhajjal, Ar. (from hijl, an anklet), is applied to 

 a horse with white stockings on all the legs, or on three ; i.e., on 

 two hind-legs and one fore-leg ; or on one hind-leg and two fore-legs ; 

 or on two hind-legs only ; or on one hind-leg only ; but not on the two 

 fore-legs alone, nor on one fore-leg alone ; as hijl is an ornament, 

 a horse with both fore white, &c., is not styled muhajjal : muhajjal- 

 ul-arba'', Ar., with all four white, which according to Tweedie is in 

 Baghdad styled mukhaivwaz, " waded or passed through water, or a 

 ford " : ynutlaq-ul-yadayn, Ar., with both fore white, and mutlaq-ul- 

 rijlayn, Ar., with both hind white ; lucky only if there is also 

 white in the forehead : mutlaq-zil-yasdr, Ar., with both near white ;^ 

 lucky only if there is also white in the forehead : mutlaq-id-yamln, 

 Ar., both off white ;i lucky: siyah-zanu, H., P., black up to the 

 knees; of bay or dun : " vide " dthon gdnth knniayt, H., under Bay, 

 and also Roan. 



Stomachic — vide Digestion. 



Stop (for Martingale, &c.) — vide Keeper. 



Strain — lachkd, ni., gen. lachak, f,, H. (dnd) : moch, f., H. {d,nd) : vide 

 also Sprain. 



Steain, to — kdnkhnd, in colic. 



Strangles — khobak. 



Strap — fasma, m., P. 



Straw — puwdl. f., H. ; also pydl : tinkd, m., H., a single straw, a blade of 

 grass, &c., a frond. 



Stuingralt—j hunakbdd, that form is which the leg is raised with a jerk 

 at each step : suranbdd or samel, that form in which the leg is 

 dragged behind. 



Stumble, to — thokar khdnd, H. gen., but tliohar lend, specially for 

 horses: sikandari, subs., "stumbling" (in Persian generally gives 

 the idea of falling). 



Sugar — gur, raw or coarse sugar (the produce of the first inspissation of 

 the juice of the sugar-cane) : khdnd, coarse sugar (sugar clarified 

 and the syrup then gradually boiled down to a hard consistence) : 

 surkh shakar (ditto in the Panjab ; Watt, S .30). 



Sugar-cane — Hkh, f., H. (thin) ; gamid, m., H. (thick) : paundd, m., H. 

 (also a variety) . 



' These are the meanings of these terms in India. Some Arabs, however, main- 

 tain that ?nutiaq means dark, i.e., of the body colour, and that mutlaq-ul-yamln 

 means having- the ott'-fore ilark and the other three white. 



